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Embanked enclosure in Kilmovee (WA008-013----)

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WA008-013----
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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in tillage on top of a broad hill. It is not visible at ground level. The possible ringfort site (WA008-014----) is c. 200m to the ENE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA008-013

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